A new study suggests that giving students pertinent visual information, such as a diagram or outline, at the start of a lesson will lead to better understanding of that lesson. The study, by Mark A.

Those who have watched recorded video lectures for an academic class know how much precious studying time those videos can take up — time that seems to drag on even more if the speaker talks slowly or ...

A recent UCLA study suggests that students who speed-watch video lectures can actually understand what they learn from them. These can be similar to listening to the same pre-recorded clip at a ...

One of the biggest studies of its kind to date has concluded that although the introduction of lecture capture does lead to reduced class attendance, academics must accept that students see it as a ...

Google’s NotebookLM is experimenting with a feature that could make studying feel a lot more like attending an actual class. A new Lecture mode can turn your uploaded notes, documents, and sources ...

Math teacher Stacey Roshan creates video lectures that her students watch at home or on mobile devices. Photo by Mike Fritz/ PBS NewsHour Stacey Roshan, a math teacher at the Bullis School in Potomac, ...

My colleague Ben Dean and I recently conducted an Internet survey of 1464 adults interested in positive psychology that asked what they would most like to know about this new field. A large number ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Acclaimed author Amitav Ghosh will deliver the Western Michigan University Center for the Study of Ethics in Society’s 2022 Winnie Veenstra Peace Lecture on Tuesday, April 12. The ...